Vehicle-wheel tire.



PATENTBD OCT. 9, 1906.

A. T., SHERMAN. VEHICLE WHEEL TIRE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT joFFroE.

ANDREW T. SHERMAN, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-WHEEL TIRE.

' use the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, and to the figru'es of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. y

This invention relates to pneumatic or inflatable tires for vehicle-wheels, and more particularly to that class wherein the metal rim or tire-seat is made to detachably retain the tire proper, comprising an outer casing and an inner inflatable tube.

The object of this invention is to produce a v tire of the character described wherein provislon is made for readily removing from the metal rim the outer casing or at least one .margin of said casing, so as to aflord access to the inner tube to facilitate repair in case of a puncture or other injury thereto, the ar rangement being s ch as to enable the margin of the outer casing, which in tires of this character is provided with a non-stretchable band embedded therein, to be readily with drawn from the tirescat or rim and quickly and easily restored within said rim, so as to firmly retain the tire in place when inflated.

The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure i'l'l a transverse section through a tire embody ng my invention, said section be ing taken through the removable retaining member forming a complementary part of the rim as on line 1 .1. of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a similar section as on line 2 2 of Fig. 3.- Fig. 3

' portion of the rim. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in perspective of a portion of the reis an elevation of a portion of a tire embody-' ing my invention, showing the removable retamm'g-segment forming a complementary movable segment and rim united. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing said parts separated. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a portion of a tire and rim, showing the removable rim-segment composed of two parts united by a turnbuckle and showing the ends of said segment as connected with the bodyportion of the rimby means of laterally-projecting Specification of Letters Patent.

v Application filed January 18, 1904. Serial N0- 189.405.

pins. Fig. 7 is a transverse section as on line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view in perspective, showing the manner of uniting the ends of the removable segment secured the metal portion 2 of the tire, which.

for convenience we will term the rim., The inflatable portion of the tire comprises an outer casm 3, of suitablematerial, and an inner tube 4, 0? rubber or analogous material.

The outer casing is practically pear-shaped in'cross-section, and in the margins thereof the metallic strands 5 are embedded, whereby said margins are rendered non-stretchable in a circumferential direction.

Upon one margin of the rim is formed an integral rolled flange 6, which is continuous for the entire circumference of the rim. Upon the opposite side of said rim is a similar flange 7, from which a portion is cut away for a distance equal to about one-fifth of the circumference of the rim; At the point where the rolled flange 7 is cut away the margin of the rim is turned upwardly, forming the short vertical flange 8, which stands slightly above the flat face of the rim. Each of the terminals of the rolled flange 7 is filled or rendered solid, as shown at 9, and

formed therein is an undercut recess or socket 10.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Tocomplete flange 7 of the rim at the i point where said flange is cut awa' a removable retammg-segment 11 ISIBIHP eyed, having a rabbet 12 in the edge thereof, adapted Projecting from the inner;

tire-seat or rim and lies under the inner tube and adjacent margin-of the casing. Said segment completes the flange 7 and confines the margin of the casing within the rim at that point.

.It will be observed that with the arts properly in place and. the tire inflate the outward fressure exerted upon the casing will-crow the squared ends of the retainingsegment against the walls of the recesses in which they lie and the r-abbeted portion of said segment against the short flange '8, thereby preventing any possible displacement of said retaining-segment and securely confining the margin of the casing, while the laterally-extending tongue 14, lying under the casing and inner tube, obviates. any tendency of said segment to tip outwardly through the pressure of the casing against the inner edge thereof, said tongue -being aided in-preventing the tilting of said segmental ortion by the square ends thereof, which ie in the correspondingly-shaped sockets in the terminals of the flange 7 of the rim. Longitudinal or circumferential movement of thesegmental portion of the flange is prevented by the engagementof the 'ends 15 thereotwith the terminals'of the fiange'7. To remove the casing for the purpose of Withdrawing the inner tube or for any other purpose, the tire is deflated, causing the outer casing to become flexible, enabling its margin to be sprun inwardly, so as to remove the pressure 0m the retaining-segment 11, when said segment may be moved to 'disenga its squared ends 13 from the recesses in t 1e terminals of the 'flange 7, 'per-' mittingsaid segment to be Withdrawn from the rim, thereby removing a portion of the retainmgflange and enablingthe margin of the casin to be readily stripped from the rim and t e tire completely removed, if deplacement therein may be accomplished with- 1 sired. To replace the tire, the casing is first seated in the rim, when the remaining segment 11 is slipped into place and the tire inflated, thereby automatically locking said se ment in position.

ecause of the Tact that no longitudinal movement of the removable retaining-segflange 7., '50.,

garein place and the tire inflated the outer 'casing is firmly retainedin the rim by the flange '6 upon one side and the flange 7 and .I' It will be understood that when the parts retaining-segment 11 on the other, the nonstretchable quality of the strands 5 in the margins of the casing preventing the escape of the the from the flange of the rim. also be understood that by means of the arrangement herein shown and described the removal of the tire from the rim and-its reout the use of toolsof any kind.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 6, 7, and8 the retaining-segment 11 is provided in each-of the square ends 13 thereof with an it will aperture 16, adapted to receive a pin 17, 1'0- iecting from the recess 10 in the termina s of the flange 7, andinstead of having a projecting tongue 14 said segment is divided at its longitudinal. center and its divided ends connected by a turnbuckle 18, having a right and left thread, whereby said segment may be contracted to lock it in place after it has been seated in the rim, thereby securing it in place independently of the lateral pressure of the tire. Said segment may be readily removed by expandin it through the operation of said turnbuc (1e, so as to relieve the strain upon the pins 17 when it may be slid inwardly to free its ends from the sockets 10 and removed from the rim.

In Fig. 9 the outer casing instead of being provided with non-stretchable strands in its margins is provided with enlarge-d margins '19, having the laterally-projecting ribs 20,

and the flan esof the rim are shaped to embrace said rlbs, so as to form a tire of the clencher pattern, the segmental retaining member 11' of the flange being concavo convex in cross-section to embrace the rib 20 bf gee casing conformatory with its registering ange.

Having thus hilly set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I 1. In a vehicle-tire, the combination wit the casing having non-stretchable margins, a rim having flanges adapted to retain said margins, one of said flanges having a removable segment, said segment having an inwardly-extending tongue which lies under the margin of the casing, said segment and .ggnge having interlocking terminal mem- 2. In an inflatable vehicle-tire, the combination with theouter casing, of a rim in which said casing is seated, saidrim having means for engaging the margins "of said casing, said engaging means upon one side comprising a radial flan e having a segment thereof made detacha le therefrom to allow of the removal of the, margin of the casing from the rim and means for extending said segment longitudinally to lock it in position on the rim.

3. In a vehicle-tire, the combination of the casing non-stretchable in its margins, a rim I having engaging flanges adapted to confine the margins of said casing, one of said flanges having a removable segment to allow of the removal of the-casing from the rim, said segment being extensible longitudinally and means forextending said. segment longitudinally to lock it in place upon the rim to retain it securely in position. l 4. lna .vehic'leaiire, the cpimbination with tie tire proper, o a rim av en a in flanges adapted to confine the t i ie tler ei'n one of said flanges having a removable segment to allow oi the removal of the tire, the

terminals of said flange bordering on the opening filled by said segment, and having square sockets, and the terminals of said'segment having square projections adapted to lie in said; sockets to prevent the tilting of the segment when in position upon the rim.

5. In evehiole-wheel tire, the combination with the tire proper, of a rim heaving flanges adapted to engage the tire, one of said flanges having a removable segment and means for 10 expanding and contracting said removable segment.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW T. SHERMAN. Witnesses:

E. S. WHEELER, 1. G. HOWLETT. 

